One way to protect the front end of the R75 when using a long antenna is to
use a 220uH choke from the antenna input to ground. This way, you have a DC
ground path to drain off the static buildup from the antenna. You do need a
good ground connected to your receiver, though.

Pete

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Lucky wrote:

"jimg" wrote in message
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i was talking to craig at kiwa electronics today and he couldn't
believe it as he knows as a matter of his business how popular the r75
is.

i understand his reasoning but the r-75 has some nasty little warts
that need work before it's a good modern rcvr, hence craig's business.

but today, given an rf preamp chip, an analog devices adc, an fpga, a
coupla ti dsp processors, a coupla voltage regulator chips, and you
have a very high performance radio...ever open a ten-tec...there's
nothing inside. i'm sure icom is about to come out with a very modern
rcvr derived from the dsp based receivers in their new transceivers.


jimg
Oregon
USA

I fully agree Icom has something to take it's place. Perhaps a beefed up
R-75 base with all the fixes plus better DSP at an affordable price. I
hope
they don't cut corners too much if they do come out with something new.
If I
didn't own a R-75, I would been buying one right away.

This may the last chance to pick a brand new communications receiver with
DSP that performs so well for the money.

Sans wild brand loyalty, no one here that loves SW radio that tried a
R-75
for a month would really have much to complain about and would want to
keep
it.

'Wild brand loyalty' has nothing to do with it. Tried one out, decided it
wasn't
that great. Didn't buy.

dxAce
Michigan
USA